LOCAL LAND SERVICES ACT 2013 - SECT 103 Orders for mustering of stock

LOCAL LAND SERVICES ACT 2013 - SECT 103

103 Orders for mustering of stock

(1) The person in charge of any stock that are on any part of a public road or a travelling stock reserve must, if requested to do so by a prescribed officer--

(a) muster the stock at a specified place in the vicinity of that part of the road or reserve, and

(b) allow the prescribed officer to inspect the stock, and

(c) assist in counting the stock, and

(d) provide the prescribed officer with such other assistance as the prescribed officer may reasonably require, and

(e) except as provided by subsection (2), produce for inspection by the prescribed officer an appropriate permit in respect of the stock.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(2) The person in charge of stock is not required to produce an appropriate permit for inspection if the person claims that the stock are being conveyed under the authority of an order, biosecurity direction, permit or biosecurity zone regulation under the Biosecurity Act 2015 .

(3) A person in charge of stock who claims that stock are being conveyed as referred to in subsection (2) must, if requested to do so by the prescribed officer, produce that order or permit for inspection by the officer within 48 hours after the request is made.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(4) In this section,
"prescribed officer" means any of the following--

(a) an authorised officer,

(b) a police officer,

(c) an authorised officer under the Biosecurity Act 2015 ,

(d) any other person prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.